John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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PayPal and Mastercard are independently making high-profile moves to shore up gaps in open banking and data compliance, and both companies are downplaying any competitiveness.
June 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart boosts delivery technology; MoneyGram partners with Canada's post office; More automation for Singapore's transit; Vancouver cracks down on bitcoin ATMs.
June 10 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: The EMVCo buy button gets more details; Stripe invests in youth financial services startup; Contactless soars in the U.K.; Facebook's cryptocoin gets closer; SEC makes a legal move on ICOs.
June 7 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: How Amazon Go ensures user experience; Rabobank embraces open banking; Russian supermarket launches crypto B2B payments; Swedish department store adds payments for travelers from China.
June 6 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard and PayPal make moves to address PSD2 compliance and open banking; Axel debuts a new wallet; Digital ID network takes shape in Germany.
June 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon gets aggressive in the U.K.; eBay offers small business credit; Quest Diagnostics suffers a breach; Barclays, Nasdaq and UBS invest in a utility coin.
June 4 -
Janet Estep is nearing the end of her tenure as Nacha’s CEO, but she's no less devoted to overcoming the last hurdles to implementing faster payments.
June 4 -
China UnionPay is assembling the relationships it needs to directly issue cards in Europe, but local saturation suggests UnionPay’s best bet is to use European merchant relationships to counter its own domestic rivals in China rather than disrupting Visa and Mastercard.
June 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Banks field fintech pitches; Revolut hires PR expert; Ripple tests restaurant payments in Tokyo; German bank official bases blockchain.
June 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple pushes its new transit technology; Pittsburgh's upgrading its transit system; Spanish biometric firm expands; PSD2 draws VC investors
May 31 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Revolut adds Apple Pay; Fitbit Pay will support the MTA's contactless test; Flipboard and Checkers suffer breaches; U.S., U.K. form fintech alliance.
May 30 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singapore pushes digital ID; Walmart hires an innovation chief; A French youth payment app raises funds; Coinbase expands PayPal support to Canada.
May 29 -
Edit LicenseGlobal Payments' purchase of TSYS is the latest merger of large payment technology companies — and by no means the last.
May 28 -
TSYS and Global Payments have announced a $21.5 billion merger, the third M&A deal in the financial/fintech industry of more than $20 billion this year.
May 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: TSYS and Global Payments agree to merge; Rabobank scales back crypto wallet; Carnival adds payment wearable; Mobile money expands;
May 28 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: BNP Paribas adds wearable payments; Facebook's cryptocoin takes another step; USAT expands its executive ranks; Google deploys technology on the New York subway; Japan's regulators take a closer look at cryptocurrency.
May 24 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Regulators in Nepal combat Alipay and WeChat Pay; Marqeta draws investment; Loot faces financial trouble; German regulators pressure N26 on AML compliance.
May 23 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard exands digital IT work; NAB supports Apple Pay; ACI wins business in Chile; Cyrpto scams jump in the U.K.
May 22 -
The trend is moving far beyond the car, train, bus and car-sharing app. Transportation in 2019 has become a full portal to financial services—and a way to centralize urban movement at the same time.
May 22 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: WeChat Pay grows in Europe; Facebook sets up fintech in Switzerland; Russians dump cash; ABN Amro halts cryptowallet project.
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